It means “time”.
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On Jul 28, 2022, at 1:45 PM, Rand Simberg <simberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm pretty sure that was the intent when we drafted the language.
On 7/26/22 10:45, Henry Spencer wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jul 2022, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
Even the regulatory situation changes: when thrust exceeds lift for more
than half the powered ascent, *it's not an airplane any more*, even if it
resembles one -- it's a "suborbital rocket"...
Henry, how is the "half" measured? Height, time, thrust-x-time vs
lift-times-time, something else?
Exact wording: "the thrust of which is greater than its lift for the
majority of the rocket-powered portion of its ascent". My understanding is
that this is taken to mean time, but I haven't gone digging to verify that.
Henry
